So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
TACITUSThings are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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